Position Title : Cloud Operations Engineer ( Azure & Kubernetes )

Location : Navi Mumbai (Airoli)

Experience :

5+ years overall in Cloud Operations, including :

- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure

- Minimum 3 years of experience in Kubernetes administration

Certifications : Azure Certification (Azure Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent) - Mandatory

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- Azure Certification (Azure Administrator, Architect, or equivalent).

- Strong working knowledge of Azure services (VMs, Azure Kubernetes Service, Storage Accounts, Networking, IAM, Azure Monitor).

- Proficiency in Kubernetes administration (setup, scaling, upgrades, securing workloads).

- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (ARM Templates, Terraform, Bicep).

- Familiarity with containerization concepts and tools (Docker).

- Proficiency in monitoring and observability (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana).

- Solid understanding of incident management, change management, and operational excellence.

- Ability to work in 24x7 support environment with rotating shifts.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities :

- Manage and monitor Azure infrastructure resources ensuring performance, availability, and security compliance.

- Administer Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters : provisioning, scaling, upgrades, patching, and troubleshooting.

- Implement and maintain automation for provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring (using ARM templates, Terraform, Bicep).

- Respond to incidents, perform root cause analysis, and resolve issues within defined SLAs.

- Configure and maintain logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights).

- Support CI/CD workflows integrating Azure and Kubernetes deployments.

- Maintain detailed operational documentation, including configurations and runbooks.

- Collaborate closely with Development, Security, and Architecture teams to ensure adherence to best practices and compliance.

- Participate in an on-call rotation for incident response and critical issue remediation.

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have) :

- Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid environments.

- Scripting experience (PowerShell, Bash, Python).

- Experience integrating AKS with DevOps pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).

- Familiarity with compliance and security standards (ISO, SOC, CIS benchmarks).